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Video: Quick First Look at the HTC EVO 4G LTE

While stumbling around HTC’s booth here at CTIA, I came across the new EVO 4G LTE which I had yet to get my hands on. So I took it for a spin and thought I’d share.

When this phone was unveiled, I was pretty critical of the design choices that were made, particularly to the back side. The matte finish on the bottom looks amazing, but that glossy black top is something else altogether. After handling the phone for all of 5 minutes, the glossy part was completely covered in fingerprints (you’ll see in the video). So with this phone, you will constantly be wiping the back and screen so that it doesn’t look like a massive black smudgefest. Overall though, the phone is very pleasing to look at from the front, it’s just that backside makes me cringe a bit.

For those not familiar, the EVO 4G LTE is headed to Sprint as somewhat of a copy of the One X. It has a dual-core Snapdragon S4 processor inside, 4.7″ gorgeous Super LCD2 display, 1GB of RAM, 8MP camera, 2000mAh battery, and more. It’s easily Sprint’s best phone even with the Galaxy Nexus just launching.

I just realized why I like the look of the Evo 4G LTE – from the front, it looks a lot like a Droid X. I have a Droid X, and I’ve always liked its aesthetics (aside from the comically oversized Verizon logo). Maybe “2 year old Verizon phone” isn’t the best style inspiration for the new Sprint flagship, but it’s not a bad looking phone, IMO, and those specs make up for it.

Ah well at least I learned something today. Shows how useless I am outside of Big Red’s lineup hah

Atrain729

woo hoo an LTE phone on Sprint! oh wait…what do you mean theres no LTE network on sprint? Huh what do you mean theres no WIMAX “4g”… wait a second so your telling me this is a 3G phone? (insert price is right deflation sound) 🙁

oh well glad i stuck with big red and still have my grandfathered unlimited plan and an LTE device! I mean sure ur commercials with children playing with iPhones hyping the last unlimited plan on earth are cool and all but lets get real here sprint.

AlexKCMO

Actually, they’re launching an LTE network, slowly but surely.

I think Kansas City is their first market, which makes sense because they’re based here.

The Galaxy Nexus on Sprint is compatible with their LTE network. Knowing Sprint, it will be much slower than VZWs 4G.

Jay

Uh the back piece may be a fingerprint magnet , but when you have a case on it ALL THE TIME, no one will care.

as Karen said I am stunned that a student able to get paid $5198 in a few weeks on the computer. did you read this site link LazýCash5.Çom

JSIN

This guy is officially done reading news about SPRINT ATT and Tmobile on droid-life

Josh Groff

Then you can just skip over the article, I know it’s so hard to fathom for one as simple minded as yourself.

Butters619

Regardless of what carrier you are on, it’s cool to see the newest Android phones that are going to all the carriers. I’m sure the majority of readers care to see these devices, and if you don’t you can always skip the article.

Liderc

Crazy that a site that started out as a Verizon-Droid site ended up covering all android devices to increase it’s user base! Madness!

As a new VZ customer, I had the EVO 4G. Behind the kickstand was red, around the camera lens was red and the entire inside of the phone was red, like the Rezound but not clear red… I think it has more to do with HTC than Verizon.

Hybris

I think it mainly has to do with the design aesthetics in the EVO series. One X, Thunderbolt, other flagships from HTC don’t necessarily have red. Either way, not liking this design lol, even though I like the color scheme on my Rezound.

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